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Bright red terra sigillata pots dating to the first three centuries CE can be found throughout the Western Roman provinces. The pots' widespread distribution and recognisability make them key evidence in the effort to reconstruct the Roman Empire's economy and society. Drawing on recent ideas in material culture, this book asks a radically new question: what was it about the pots themselves that allowed them to travel so widely and be integrated so quickly into a range of contexts and practices? To answer this question, Van Oyen offers a fresh analysis in which objects are no longer passive props, but rather they actively shape historical trajectories.

Pottery, Roman --- Pottery, Arretine --- Material culture --- Céramique romaine --- Céramique arétine --- Culture matérielle --- Social aspects. --- Aspects sociaux --- Rome --- Civilization. --- Civilisation --- Social aspects --- Civilization --- Céramique romaine --- Céramique arétine --- Culture matérielle --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. --- Material culture, material agency, terra sigillata, Roman archaeology. --- Roman pottery --- Terra-sigillata (Pottery) --- Classical antiquities --- Pottery, Classical --- Aretine pottery --- Arretine pottery --- Samian ware --- Pottery --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Pottery, Roman - Social aspects --- Pottery, Arretine - Social aspects --- Material culture - Rome - Social aspects --- Rome - Civilization

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"Between 1975 and 1984 almost the entire area of the Roman fort of Segedunum in Wallsend was excavated under the direction of Charles Daniels, senior lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at Newcastle University. It is these excavations which form the subject of this publication. This comprehensive report on the structural remains (Vol. 1) and finds (Vol. 2) show clearly that Daniels' work represented one of the most ambitious and prolonged programs of fieldwork attempted on the northern frontier up to that point and has made Wallsend one of the most fully investigated of Roman forts in Britain. In most areas the remains were not excavated down to natural and so the remains revealed were predominantly those of the 2nd and 3rd centuries, with some late Roman features. Volume 1 describes first the stratigraphic sequences and excavation of the stone and timber buildings of the fort's central range: the granary, hospital, headquarters (principia), commanding officer's house (praetorium), the forehall fronting the principia and granary, and a long narrow building, perhaps a workshop, on the north side of the eastern via principalis. In the case of all but the praetorium these buildings were fully exposed. Later chapters cover the buildings in the northern third of the fort, revealed to be a group of six infantry barracks which underwent several phases of rebuilding and refurbishment including partial replacement by a stable block. Parts 4 and 5 examine the cavalry barracks in the southern part of the fort (retentura) and excavations of sections of the fort defenses on all four sides, particularly of discrete structures such as towers and gates. Volume 2, on the predominantly 2nd-3rd century material culture from the site, looks at the stonework, pottery, coins and small finds recovered. The stonework and ceramic building material provides information on the appearance of the fort and include a very rare stone latrine seat and a bench support. The pottery comprises samian, mortaria, including a large collection stamped by Anaus, amphorae and coarse wares. Other classes of artifact occur in comparatively small numbers, including colorless glass tablewares of the second and third centuries, 295 coins and c. 1000 small finds including some post-Roman pieces. Finally there is a detailed assessment of animal bone assemblages from a cistern and the Commanding Officer's house"--Publisher's summary.

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Fortification --- Material culture --- Animal remains (Archaeology) --- Fortification, Primitive --- Forts --- Military engineering --- Siege warfare --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Archaeozoology --- Zooarchaeology --- Zoology in archaeology --- Bones --- Animal paleopathology --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Methodology --- Segedunum Roman Fort Site (Wallsend, England) --- Wallsend (England) --- Wallsend Roman Fort Site (Wallsend, England) --- England --- Antiquities, Roman. --- Antiquities --- Fortification, Roman --- Fortifications romaines --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Culture matérielle --- Restes d'animaux (Archéologie) --- Wallsend (Angleterre) --- Antiquities, Roman --- Antiquités romaines

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Ce quatrième ouvrage de la série « Conquête de la steppe » présente de nouvelles études d’archéologie, de géoarchéologie et d’anthropologie issues d’un important programme de prospection de la zone steppique de la Syrie centrale à l’est de Hama, qui s’est déroulé de 1995 à 2010. Les périodes dont il est question ici vont du PPNB à l’époque contemporaine (VIIIe millénaire av. J.-C.-xxie s. ap. J.-C.). L’adaptation de l’homme à l’environnement est abordée du point de vue de l’acquisition et du stockage de l’eau en milieu aride, grâce aux citernes pluviales, et à travers deux études de cas : celle d’un village du PPNB et celle de deux années pluviométriques extrêmes. Une partie des articles (céramique, monnaies, monuments religieux) éclaire d’un nouveau jour la définition du territoire régional, durant l’Antiquité et par la suite. Des questions de topographie historique sont aussi abordées grâce à la publication de nouvelles inscriptions. Enfin, plusieurs contributions concernent les formes de l’habitat, aussi bien les résidences luxueuses des propriétaires terriens (des époques omeyyade et contemporaine) que les villages byzantins et les processus de sédentarisation à l’époque contemporaine.

Prospecting --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Human settlements --- Material culture --- Prospection --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Etablissements humains --- Culture matérielle --- Syria --- Syrie --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- Archaeology --- Environmental archaeology --- Dwellings --- Water-supply --- History --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Culture matérielle --- Antiquités --- Archaeology - Syria --- Environmental archaeology - Syria --- Excavations (Archaeology) - Syria --- Dwellings - Syria - History - To 1500 --- Water-supply - Syria - History - To 1500. --- Syria - Antiquities --- Environmental studies, Geography & Development --- History & Archaeology --- Arid Margins --- archaeology --- geoarchaeology --- housing --- nomad --- monastery --- climate --- water management --- residence --- pottery (ceramics) --- archéologie --- monastère --- environnement --- habitat --- monnaie --- peuplement --- climat --- céramique --- géoarchéologie --- marge aride --- steppe --- prospection --- nomade --- sédentaire --- PPNB --- Antiquities.

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This groundbreaking work examines engagement between people and the environment across a variety of themes, from aboriginal appropriation of nature to colonistsâ reworking of physical and conceptual geographies, demonstrating the consequences of these interactions as they permeated various social and cultural spheres. It offers a new lens for viewing a region as it provides fresh insight into such topics as landscape change, perceptions of place, and Indigenous-white relations. The Fraser Valley has long been a scene of natural resource appropriation--furs and fish, timber and agriculture--with settlement patterns and land claims centering on the use of these materials. Oliver demonstrates how social change and cultural understanding are tied to the way that people use and remake the landscape. Drawing on ethnographic texts, archaeological evidence, cartography, and historical writing, he has created a deep history of the valley that enables us to view how human entanglements with landscape were creative of a variety of contentious issues. By capturing the multiple dynamics that were operating in the past, Oliver shows us not only how landscape transformations were implicated in constructing different perceptions of place but also how such changes influenced peoplesâ understanding of history and identity. The Fraser Valley in British Columbia has been viewed historically as a typical setting of Indigenous-white interaction. Jeff Oliver now reexamines the social history of this region from pre-contact to the violent upheavals of nineteenth and early twentieth century colonialism to argue that the dominant discourses of progress and colonialism often mask the real social and physical process of change that occurred here--change that can be more meaningfully tied to transformations in the land.

Cultural landscapes --- Social archaeology --- Human ecology --- Material culture --- Land settlement --- Colonization --- Indians of North America --- Paysages culturels --- Archéologie sociale --- Ecologie humaine --- Culture matérielle --- Colonisation intérieure --- Colonisation --- Indiens d'Amérique --- History --- Social aspects --- First contact with Europeans --- Aspect social --- Histoire --- Premiers contacts avec les Européens --- Fraser River Valley (B.C.) --- Fraser, Vallée du (C.-B.) --- Historical geography --- Social conditions --- Géographie historique --- Conditions sociales --- Weisse. --- Indianer. --- Sozialer Wandel. --- Kulturwandel. --- Landschaftsentwicklung. --- Social archaeology. --- Material culture. --- Land settlement. --- Human ecology. --- Historical geography. --- Cultural landscapes. --- Colonisation interieure --- Culture materielle --- Écologie humaine --- Archeologie sociale --- First contact with other peoples. --- Social aspects. --- Histoire. --- First contact with other peoples --- History. --- Fraser River. --- British Columbia --- Social conditions. --- Cultural geography --- Landscapes --- Landscape archaeology --- Archaeology --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Resettlement --- Settlement of land --- Colonies --- Land use, Rural --- Human settlements --- Imperialism --- Decolonization --- Emigration and immigration --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- First Nations (North America) --- Indians of the United States --- Indigenous peoples --- Native Americans --- North American Indians --- Geography, Historical --- Geography --- First contact (Anthropology) --- Methodology --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- Ethnology --- First contact with Occidental civilization --- Fraser Valley (B.C.)